Faucet



Patented YJuly 2.81v 1925. 'Y

Cirio, Ap CORPORATION OF OHIO.

Applicationfled January.

State 'of Ohio,.l1ave invented .a `new and use.

. ful Faucet, of which the following is aspeci-i iicationr.` W K. y

chamber for receiving alcohol or licjuidfroni a tank or reservoir and has av spoutadapted-f to enterthe neck of a 'bottleorother necked receptacle'.` Y* v One object-of this invention"1s.tOAsuccessfully utilize arigidy tube, which is uniform in diameterV from end to vend ,as .said'spout andto position said tubev below. adownwardl ly dischargingfluid-.outlet vof'fthe hereinloe-V fore mentionedl chamber, randl to: reinforce' the:l upper portion offthe tube externally by a reinforcing :j acket integral withlthe easing,

and to forinl'a .fluid-tight Vjoint. between the top edge of the tube and the. casing.:

wardly abovev the casing and isprovided with. a quick-actingexternal thread and 'has bearing ina stumngebox` comprising an annular-body which surroundsV said stem *andV has la lower4 end face.. andv'is ngd :with the casing and provided with anyinternal"thread engaging with said thread onllsaidstem,butA to vcause a member ofthe. valve to eXtendl opposite said face Vand to Autilizel said -Lvalve-i Y member in cooperating Y.with -saidi face j'i'np'y limiting the opening movementoffthe valvelt Anotherobject is not only toxrot'atev the:

valve-stem A:by Y. a'z-handle ,operatively.l embracingthe upper :end portion kof said stem "and A 'the' forward'.endfportion .of the chamber,

and-fan upwardly facing and beveled an-.-

forcedontol andlendwise of `said^stem-intol place on said stem, butto providelsim'ple,`f reliable and highly practical means for pre-.z

venting-forcing f said handle upwardly from saidstem when .the avalve is closed.`

Another object is to facilitate the. lassemblage of the component parts of my im'- proved faucet, and to render the faucet convenient and simple andv durable in construc-V tion.

With these objects in view,Vv and to attain other objects hereinafter appearing, this inventionl consists ,in certain features of con- Y vatiompartlyin This invention relates to improvementsin faucets; Yand .more especially "to a faucet; which comprises a casinghaving'an .interiori Another obj ect is not yonly to 'control comf munication through said 'outlet lby 'ar valve arranged Ito move upwardly.,v in opening andv having a 'rotatable lstern- Which .eXtendsup-y 1 15,1925; 'seriailNaaAea struction, and combinations and relative ar- Y,

rangements. of

parts, hereinafter described drawings. Y y y In said drawings, -Figure v1 is a `front ele# taken along linef2-2 in- Fig. '1, looking leftward. Fig. k3 isa horizontal. section. taken along line ini Fig; 2lookingupward.

F igzA; isa sectiontaken vertically through the-valvecasing a-lo'ngilineA- in Fig. 2,

looking. rearward, .butA in 'Fig. 4 thel valve is shown in' elevation' and inY its fully open position. Fig. '.5 is .a .horizontaly section taken f along ,line 'T5-5 Vin Fig. l, llookinguup ward. InFi'gs. `l'and 2 is shown `a .padlock applied as required forzpreventing. rotation of the valve-stem, when the vvalve `is closed, 1n the direction` requiredtOopen thevalve.,l y Portions areV broken away in the 'drawings'.

1nthis specification, 1 pointedv fout) in the. claims, and illustratedr in the accompanying section, of my improved faucet. F 1g. -2 1s a centralvertical section.

'JOSEPH A.' eosTELLo, crE-vE'LAiriif O'Hrq'f ASSI-GNORQ To" oLEVnLANn BitAss i AMANUFAo'rUmNer COMPANY', OEOLEVELAND;

toreduce their sizeandto more clearly show the construction.

My limproved faucet comprises fa metal casing 7 having an n'tnterior,chamber 8 and terminating,- projecting internally' threaded 'tubular1` mem berf'9l adapted tov be screwedonto a pipe 'or tubular member forming the-outlet'of afliquid-supply tank,

or'onto any liquid-supplyingpipe or tubular4 memberl vitli which ythe chamber 8; is to be placed' in. Communication.v It will'be ob. served, therefore, that `said chamber hasY its Huid-'inlet attherear end portiony of the casi.V ing 7, aiidsaid-casing'-and saidchamberf are; shown fas extending upwardl-y.ffromlthe .(not. shown)I employedwin':

The chamber v8` vand do'wnwardly` discharging*ytluidf'outlet. 10i

formed at' and-,centrally of lthe.H bottom of Y nular valve-seat lQis formed at the upper. endof and'around said outlet. L

Anlv upright spoutforming rigidfmetal 'i l Atube 13 (see Fig. 2) isarran'ge'd wholly below `and substantially in line vertically and in communication with the outl'et'lO, andV the casing 'Z1 has a downwardly projecting supports said tubevand has a downwardly 110` l facing annular ranged yto cover the top edge'of said'tube; Said shoulder is spaced farther from .the lower extremity of the jacket 14 than from the valve-seat'12, and said jacket partici. pates inthe formation of the outlet 10 at and above said shoulder.

and abuts, at its top edge, against and is'substantially in fluid-tight relation to the shoulder: 15 vso as to prevent. leakage of liquid at said edge. tothe outer circumference of thetube, and said tube. is uniforinin diameter fromjend .tol end.. Byvthe hereinbefore del scribedl construction it will be observedl that .iA valve (.see- Fig. 2)' is arranged to con trol communication throughthe outlet. 10 andytherefore Vcontrols the supply of liquid to: the tube 13 and comprises va section 16 forming the face. ofthe valve and arranged inv fluid-tight'relation to the* seat 12 and thereby closing communicationthrough said outlet in the'rclosed position of the valve. Said valve is arranged' to move' upwardly in opening and alsof comprises a substantially' verticalI rotatable stem 17 arranged above and centrally in relation tothe section 16.

' The stein 17k extends upwardly abovethe casing 7 and has a quick-acting external thread 18 and a lowerend face19A andthe valve also comprises'a metalj washer 2O`` interposed lbetween said. face and `the sec" tionz'16, andthefmembers 1.6 and 2O ofthev valve' are secured; removably' tol' said stem y byY ai suitably applied. screw 21. 1

The top of the'casing'7 v(seeV Figs;;2 and 4) .has v an x aperture `22 Vextending there.- through. over theoutlet 10 and .having an upwardlylyilaring upper end lportion `23', andi V,said aperture is screwfthreaded .below 'said flaringl portion and concentric in relation to and. larger.diametricallythan members 16'k andi20. oflthevalve The casing isprovided with a stuffing-box comprising a body 25 whichfsurrounds. the valve-stem. 17 Vwhich has bearing inand extends'. above. said stuifing-box,and said body'is` externally provided with; a downwardly 'facing'.y annular bev'- eled; shoulder 26 seated on and influid-tight relation `to the surrounding` wall of `thez n V valve from itsfully openpositionsllownin flaring portion23 ofthe ap'erture22. The stuffing-box body 25. is screw-threaded `externallyv below the shoulder 26 and screwed,

at the aperture 22, into the casing 7`=below internal -f shoulder 15l n ar-.

The tube 13 ex-A` tends a suitable distance below the jacket 14 er 20 so as to afford adequate support to the .washer. The mutually engaging threads 18 and 28ofl the valvefstem' and stuffing-box body have the pitch'required to move the valve endwise from its closed position shown in Fig.. 2l intoits fully open position shown in Fig. 4 substantially during a half-turn o-f said stem aboutits axis, and the washer or. member`20 of the valve abuts against the ylower endl face27 of. the stufng-box body when the valve isin its; fully open position, and obviously said; face of :said body and said memberl20 ofthe valve cooperate in limiting upward movement of thevalvea A `The casing7 has a laterally project'i-ngexternal'flange() formed'on the forward portion of the casing` and extending substantially fron11the frontofy thecasing Irearwardly and lcircurnferentiallly of said4 portion of the casing and having a hole 31 extending through the forward portion of the flange and adapted to.l receive the' bow of a padlock, as will hereinafter appear. vThevalvestem 17. extends above the hereinbefore-mentioned-stufingf'box and has. itsv upper end portion. 32 oblong in cross-section, as shown in` Fig.v 5, anda handle '33 vconforms to and'v snuglyv andoperatively embraces :saidportion of said, steinl andi is seatedV on Van upwardly facing shoulderAA vv34 formed onfsaidstem at4 the lower extremityV of: said: portion of .said stem, as shown injFigs. 2andf4`. 'llhefhan-V vdle '33 extendsleftward: from the. valve-stem, as shown.ini/Fig.V 1,1101y rightwardffromA the.

valve is-in its closed;'position or :inf its/fully open position. TheI handle "33 is provided,

at. a suitable'distance. from. the axis of the valve-stem 17 ,a with` adownwa'rdly extending arm 35 arrangedtomove j opposite and f cir# circumferentially of the outer circumferen- 1 tial vedge 36of the flange SOfduring leftward rotation of said; sterol tothegfextent requiredto move the valve from'itsclosed positionshown 1 in Figs-Q 1 and 2f into itsfullyopenlpositionf shown.- in-"Fig, 4. .The` arm terminates,A at its lower end,` iny a'rigid 'member 37pro^ jecting'in"thetdirectionofi the axis ofthe valve-stem 'and arranged?v under'. v.the flange 30V .and rearward ofthe hole 31 .in said 'z flange afterV the required rotation. of said stem to thel extent requiredtomovethe Fig. 4 into its closed position shown in'Fig.

, 2, and obviously said member 37ris removed from vunder said flange 8Ov during leftward actuation ofthe .handle 33 fronrthe position. shownJinf-F-ig. 1r to' the 'position shown i in Fig. 4.

ABy the. hereinbefore; described. c'onstruc- .tion and relativeA arrangement ofparts it will ybefobserved vthat the .armi '85- offthe Jhandle is arranged, to travel externally fof the'casiiig and circumferentially ofthe valve during rotation of said stem and spaced, .in the fully open position ofthe valve, from the flange 30 circumferentially ofthe `valve in one direction, and that the member 37 of the arin 35 vis arrangedto be moved under and across the hole 3l in said flange, by and during rotation of said stemV inthe direction and to to lower the valve from into its closed position.V

The rearward portion 38 of the flange 8O is iinperforate and, when the'valveis closed, extends over themember 37 of` thel arm 35, as shown in Fig.' 8. Figs. l and 3 illustrate the application of a padlocklO tothe flange 30 when the valve is closedvand show the bow 4l of said lock as extending through the hole 3l in said flange and nextvforward the extent required said open position of the member 37 of the arm 35 ofthe handle4 and, therefore, said lbow is arranged to cooperate with said member 37 of said arm iny preventing leftward movement of the handle from the position showninlfig. `l, to the position shown'in Fig. 4 until after the padlock has been removed from said flange. It will be observed that said member 37 of said arm, in the position of the handle shown in Fig. 3, is not only opposite the bottom ofthe imperforate rearward portion 38 of the flange 30 but considerably nearer the bottomV of said i'iange (see F ig. l) than the lower extremity of the valve-stem-embracing portion of the handle is to the extremity of the valve-stem, so that said flange and said member of the handle are arranged to cooperate, when the valve is closed, in preventing forcible removal of the handle upwardly from said stem. l

Y What I claim is zy c l. A faucet comprising a casing having an interior chamber which has a fluid-inlet and a downwardly discharging fluid-outlet, fa: valve arranged to control communication through said outletand movable upwardly in opening and having a rotatable stem Vwhich extends upwardly above the casingy and has an external thread, an upright spout-forming tube rigid with the. casing and communicating with land arranged Wholly below said outlet, the casing having a seat for the valve at and around said outlet and also having a screw-threaded aperture which extendsthrough the top of the casing and is concentric in relation to the valve, and a stuling-box comprising an ex-1 ternally threaded body which surrounds said stem and is screwed at said aperture into the casing and has a lower end face and an internal thread engaging with the thread on said stein, the mutually engaging threads of said stem and said body having the pitch required to move the valve from its closed position into its fully'openposition subv and has an upwardly'flaring upper end porstantially during aflialfgturn lofgsaid stein' I about its axis, andthe valvefabuttingnits fully- Vopenposition,; against the aforesaid Y y l l and a stulhngbox comprising a body which` surrounds said stem and has an internal thread engaging with the thread on saidv stem and also has an external vdownwardly facing annular beveledshouldervwhicli isfinV fluid-tight relation to the surroundingl wall of-saidportion of said aperture, ysaid body'l being c externally threaded below said shoulder and screwed atsaid aperture ,into y Y the casing below said portion ofsaidl aper`v ture and having a lower end'v face below said aperture,`and a portionofthe valve overlapping said face when the' valve is fully open.

3. Afaucet comprising ak casing which:Y has an interior `liquid-receiving chamber having a downwardly discharging-fluidoutlet and also has an external flange having a hole extending from top to bottom ofthe ange, a valve arranged to control communication through said outlet and having v a rotatable stem which' extends upwardly above the casing and has an external thread,

a stuffing-box comprising a body which surrounds the valve-stem and is rigid with the casing and has an .internal thread engaging with said thread on said stem, and a handle Voperativelyrembracing said stem and hav ing an arm arrangedv to travelexternally of the casing and circum'ferentially 0f the valve during rotation of said stem' land spaced, in the fully open position ofthe valve, from the aforesaid Vflange circumferentially of the valvein-one directionfsaidv l arm being larranged t'o bemoved, byand Vduring rotation of said 'stemf in the direction and to the extent required to Vactuate the valve from said open position into its closed position, substantially just beyond the aforesaid hole so as to permit vthe exten? sion, through said hole, of the bowl of a padlock when the valve is closed.

el. A faucet comprising a casing which has an interior liquid-receiving chamber having a downwardly discharging fluid-outlet and also has an external flange' having a hole extending from top to bottom of the Hange,

a rotatablev stem which extends upwardly above the casing and has an external thread,

a stuffingbox comprising a body which surroundsv the valve-stem Yand is rigid withthe casing and has an internal threadV engaging with said thread on said stem, and a handle operatively embracing vsaid stem Vand having an arm arranged to travel externally of the casing and circumferentially of Athe valve during rotation of said stem, said arm being spaced, in the fully open position of theA valve, from the aforesaid Harige cireumferentially of thel valve and having a member arranged to be moved under/and across the aforesaid hole by andduring rotation of said stem in the direction and-to' the extent required to actuate the valve from said open position into its closed position.

5.1i faucetl comprising a casing which has arliquid-receivinrg chamber Vhaving an outlet at the bottom and alsovhas an external flange having av hole extending from top to bottom of the flange, a valve con trolling communication through said outlet and arranged' to. move upwardly in open- Y ing and comprisingL ing rotatable stem thread, a stuffing-box 'comprising a body which surrounds the valve-stem and is rigid with the casing and has an internal Vthread engaging with said thread on said stem, and a handle operatively embracing the upper end of said stem and comprisino` an armarranged to travel externally o? the casing during rotation of said stem, said arm being spaced, when the valve is ully'open,

from the aforesaid iange'circumferentiallyl of the valve and having a member arranged to bevmoved under and across the aforesaid hole during the valve-closing movement ot,

the valve-stem, and a portion of said'iange, when .the valve is closed, extending over said member of said arm and being nearer the bottom of said flange than is the lower extremity of the valvestem-embracingportion of the handle to the upper extremity of the valve-stem.

.In vtestimony whereof I sign `the foregon ing specification.

JOSEPH A) oosfrELLo.

an upwardly extend-N vhaving 4an external' 

